Re: [pinhole-discussion] What is a silver print really?

2003-01-25 Thread Steve Shapiro
process. Steve Shapiro

Re: [pinhole-discussion] 4x5 back needed

2002-10-20 Thread Steve Shapiro
Grafloc backs are easy to find at $200 per just about anywhere used equipment is sold. Stephen Schuart has them all the time. S - Original Message - From: D. Hill zopp...@yahoo.com To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 6:31 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Why is paper contrasty?

2002-07-13 Thread Steve Shapiro
To improve local contrast, extend range; you might try a half tsp of Shap's Bal. Bitzper liter of working developer. It's now available through the Photographers' Formulary. S - Original Message - From: William Erickson erick...@hickorytech.net To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Sent:

Re: [pinhole-discussion] tube development and scratches

2002-06-02 Thread Steve Shapiro
There is no reason to ensure the developer soaks both sides of the film. Just put the film in the tube without the screen. If you are wanting to be dilligent, wash the film in a tray to remove the anti-halation dye from the back first. Then use the tube. I did the same, but in the end find tray

Re: [pinhole-discussion] test message

2002-04-06 Thread Steve Shapiro
, April 06, 2002 7:39 AM Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] test message Me too. From me, to me. -- Tom Ferguson http://www.ferguson-photo-design.com From: Steve Shapiro sgsh...@redshift.com Subject: Re: Re: [pinhole-discussion] test message Test, huh? I received a test, in my name. I

Re: Re: [pinhole-discussion] test message

2002-04-06 Thread Steve Shapiro
Test, huh? I received a test, in my name. I never sent it. Does anyone on this list know anyting about this type of . . . worm, maybe? S. - Original Message - From: Bob Arnott b...@fatboab.org To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 6:06 PM Subject: Re: Re:

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Photo-flo

2002-03-06 Thread Steve Shapiro
- Original Message - Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Photo-flo Hi all, This may be a bit off topic but, is there a readily available subsitute for kodak photo-flo? The same thing is in that bottle of liquid sold at Gas Stations for the window washing squirter in your car.

Re: [pinhole-discussion] editions

2001-12-24 Thread Steve Shapiro
- Original Message - From: Ray Esposito brassr...@brassring.org To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 6:16 AM Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] editions Hi Ray, I sure agree with you and your approach. I do think though that there are no

Re: [pinhole-discussion] editions

2001-12-21 Thread Steve Shapiro
of personal ethics. Many, many great master photographers number the negative for their filing system and never number the prints. Steve Shapiro, Carmel, CA

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Vinegar as stop bath, vitamin c alternative

2001-12-21 Thread Steve Shapiro
Using vinegar will simply give you a print, reminiscent of a salad [dressing], but many of us simply wash with water instead of using any stop. Ansel insisted stop bath solutions only lent the print to pinholes due to the minute explosion effect of adding alkali to acid. Use water. S. Shapiro,

Re: [pinhole-discussion] push processing b/w film

2001-08-07 Thread Steve Shapiro
The best developer, designed for push processing beyond 2 stops is the Windich formulas or Pyrocetchen formulas found in Stephen G. Anchell's book, The Darkroom Cookbook, or the Anchel, Troop book, The Film Developing Cookbook; either or both can be hand via your library by interlibrary loan if

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Help Me Pick A Color Film

2001-08-02 Thread Steve Shapiro
- Original Message - From: Jeff Dilcher r...@hiddenworld.net To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 10:49 AM Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Help Me Pick A Color Film Can anyone suggest a good color negative film for me? I will be shooting 4x5 and

Re: [pinhole-discussion] color processing

2001-07-19 Thread Steve Shapiro
What 'Kit' do you buy for small runs of color negative prints? S. Shapiro - Original Message - From: lva l...@pamho.net To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] color processing I had been asking around a month or so

Re: [pinhole-discussion] best pinhole size for Altoid Box

2001-06-29 Thread Steve Shapiro
, 2001 11:32 PM Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] best pinhole size for Altoid Box Steve Shapiro wrote: What is the best pinhole size for the Altiod box pinhole camera if the ultimate results desired are very sharp pictures? Steve; Would you be referring to the average Pintoid tin

Re: [pinhole-discussion] best pinhole size for Altoid Box

2001-06-27 Thread Steve Shapiro
What is the best pinhole size for the Altiod box pinhole camera if the ultimate results desired are very sharp pictures? Steve - Carmel, CA

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Sepia Polaroid type 56

2001-06-15 Thread Steve Shapiro
Is this Develop in forty-five minutes MINUTES NOT SECONDS? Steve - Original Message - From: John D. esq (Pres. WFPA) p...@johndesq.com To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 11:35 PM Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Sepia Polaroid type 56 In reply on an earlier

Re: [pinhole-discussion] POP paper

2001-05-28 Thread Steve Shapiro
What is the suggestion for permanent fixing of POP paper without a toning formula, as I kind of like the red tones? S. Shapiro

[pinhole-discussion] I vote yes

2001-03-03 Thread Steve Shapiro
There is a day when the Moon is in a phase called the Blue Moon. Let's have that. Steve Shapiro, Carmel, CA

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Recip failure on long exposures

2001-01-07 Thread Steve Shapiro
Recip rule of thumb is 10% compound for every stop over one second; each manufacturer will say when their reciproity comes into play, one second, one and a half ... etc. So, add the extra time to penetrate the layers of film equally, or compensate for that failure in reciprocity. S. Shapiro

Re: [pinhole-discussion] 35 mm slides

2000-12-02 Thread Steve Shapiro
John Saxton was attributed with this quote: A slide will make a good photograph look bad and a bad photograph look good. The answer comes from the good photographer who can make the best picture. The requirement is to make it easy for judges to adjudicate lots of material. The assignment,